Anthony Yarde (/ˈjɑːrd/ YARD; born 13 August 1991)[1] is a British professional boxer. He challenged for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light-heavyweight title in 2019, and for the unified World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and WBO titles in 2023. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth light-heavyweight title between 2021 and 2022.
Anthony Yarde | |
|---|---|
 Yarde in 2016 | |
| Born | 13 August 1991 Hackney, London, England |
| Other names | The Beast from the East |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light-heavyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 29 |
| Wins | 26 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 3 |
Professional career
editYarde began boxing competitively at a relatively late age and only had twelve amateur fights prior to turning professional.[2] In May 2015, he made his professional debut with a second-round knockout (KO) victory over Mitch Mitchell.[3]
After compiling a record of 10–0 (9 KOs) he captured the Southern Area light-heavyweight title, dropping reigning champion Chris Hobbs to the canvas six times[4] en route to a fourth-round technical knockout (TKO) victory on 20 May 2017 at the Copper Box Arena in London.[5]
Two months later he defeated Richard Baranyi via first-round TKO on 8 July at the Copper Box Arena, capturing the WBO European light-heavyweight title.[6]
He was scheduled to face Canadian boxer Ryan Ford, a former mixed martial artist, on 16 September 2017 for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title.[7] Nobert Nemesapati was brought in as a replacement after Ford pulled out of the bout.[8] After dropping his opponent to the canvas twice in the second round, Yarde captured his second regional title—retaining his WBO European title in the process—with a third-round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD).[9]
Yarde made three defences of his WBO regional titles and a further two defences of his WBO Inter-Continental title, winning all five by stoppage, before challenging Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light-heavyweight title on 24 August 2019 at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Yarde suffered the first defeat of his professional career, losing by TKO in the eleventh round. Yarde seemed comfortable in the early rounds, staying out of range and keeping Kovalev at bay with speed and movement. After six rounds of an even, back and forth contest, Yarde began landing accurate hooks to Kovalev's body in the seventh and eighth rounds that appeared to hurt the champion. In the last minute of the eighth, Yarde landed a straight-right to the head of Kovalev which had the veteran in trouble. Yarde followed up with an accurate salvo of power punches but was unable to capitalise, allowing the visibly hurt Kovalev to stay on his feet for the remainder of the round. After his success in the seventh and eighth rounds, Yarde appeared to tire and lose momentum in the ninth, allowing Kovalev to take control of the fight with combination punches and stiff jabs that began to frequently land on Yarde. The tenth round saw much of the same. In the final 20 seconds of the round, after being backed up against the ropes by Kovalev and being on the receiving end of a flurry of punches with no reply, Yarde was seemingly saved by the bell, which appeared to ring 8 seconds before the end of the round. In round eleven, sensing Yarde's fatigue, Kovalev upped the pressure and increased his punch output, eventually dropping Yarde with a spearing left-jab to win the fight by knockout. At the time of the stoppage, all three judges had Kovalev ahead with the scorecards reading 98–92, 97–94 and 96–93.[10] In a post-fight interview with Steve Bunce for BT Sport, Kovalev praised Yarde's defence and boxing IQ, insisting Yarde will "100%" be a world champion in the future.[11]
In his comeback fight, Yarde faced Diego Jair Ramirez on 8 February 2020 in a six rounder. Yarde, then ranked #7 by the WBO and #11 by the WBC knocked out his unranked opponent in two rounds.[12]
In his next fight, Yarde fought Dec Spelman. Yarde looked a little rusty, but still managed to outperform his opponent, knocking him out in the sixth round of the contest, setting himself up for a shot at the vacant Commonwealth light-heavyweight title.[13]
On 5 December 2020, Yarde, ranked #9 by The Ring and the WBC, #1 by the WBO and #10 by the IBF at light heavyweight faced Lyndon Arthur, who was ranked #6 by the WBO and the IBF for the Commonwealth light-heavyweight title. Arthur injured his right hand during the warm-up and utilized his jab for most of the fight. This would prove successful for Arthur, as he ended up winning the fight via split-decision, 115–114, 115–114 and 111–117.[14][15]
On 28 August 2021, Yarde faced Colombian Alex Theran. In the first round, Yarde dropped Theran with a left hook to the body. Theran just survived the count, but succumbed to a second left hook to the body shortly afterwards. The fight ended 2 minutes and 32 seconds in to the first round.[16]
On 4 December 2021, Yarde defeated Lyndon Arthur in their much anticipated rematch via knockout in the 4th round.[17]
On 28 January 2023, Yarde challenged WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev at Wembley Arena in London, England. He lost the fight by stoppage in the eighth round.[18][19]
Yarde defeated Ralfs Vilcans on points in a 10-round bout at the Copper Box Arena in London, England, on 19 October 2024.[20][21][22][23]
Professional boxing record
edit| 29 fights | 26 wins | 3 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 24 | 2 |
| By decision | 2 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Ralfs Vilcans | PTS | 10 | 19 Oct 2024 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Marko Nikolic | KO | 3 (10) 1:15 | 10 Feb 2024 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Jorge Silva | KO | 2 (10) 2:07 | 23 Sep 2023 | OVO Arena Wembley, London, England | |
| 26 | Loss | 23–3 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO | 8 (12), 2:01 | 28 Jan 2023 | OVO Arena Wembley, London, England | For WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Stefani Koykov | KO | 3 (10), 2:31 | 19 Nov 2022 | Telford International Centre, Telford, England | |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Lyndon Arthur | KO | 4 (12), 1:27 | 4 Dec 2021 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles |
| 23 | Win | 21–2 | Alex Theran | TKO | 1 (10), 2:32 | 28 Aug 2021 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | |
| 22 | Loss | 20–2 | Lyndon Arthur | SD | 12 | 5 Dec 2020 | Church House, London, England | For Commonwealth and vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Dec Spelman | TKO | 6 (10), 2:42 | 12 Sep 2020 | BT Sport Studio, London, England | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Diego Jair Ramirez | TKO | 2 (6), 2:55 | 8 Feb 2020 | Discoteca Memphis, Madrid, Spain | |
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Sergey Kovalev | KO | 11 (12), 2:04 | 24 Aug 2019 | Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia | For WBO light-heavyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Travis Reeves | TKO | 5 (10), 0:48 | 8 Mar 2019 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Walter Gabriel Sequeira | TKO | 4 (10), 2:14 | 20 Oct 2018 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Dariusz Sęk | TKO | 7 (10), 2:17 | 23 Jun 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Tony Averlant | RTD | 7 (10), 3:00 | 24 Feb 2018 | York Hall, London, England | Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Nikola Sjekloća | TKO | 4 (10), 1:52 | 9 Dec 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Norbert Nemesapati | RTD | 3 (12), 3:00 | 16 Sep 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained WBO European light-heavyweight title; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Richard Baranyi | TKO | 1 (10), 2:21 | 8 Jul 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won WBO European light-heavyweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Chris Hobbs | TKO | 4 (10), 2:51 | 20 May 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Won Southern Area light-heavyweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Darren Snow | KO | 1 (6), 2:17 | 22 Apr 2017 | Leicester Arena, Leicester, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Ferenc Albert | TKO | 1 (6), 1:36 | 25 Nov 2016 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Rayford Johnson | TKO | 1 (6), 2:10 | Sep 17, 2016 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Grzegorz Semik | TKO | 2 (6), 1:24 | 10 Jun 2016 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tzvetozar Iliev | TKO | 2 (6), 2:40 | 30 Apr 2016 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | David Sipos | TKO | 1 (6), 2:53 | 25 Mar 2016 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Curtis Gargano | TKO | 1 (4), 1:35 | 19 Dec 2015 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Tamas Danko | TKO | 1 (4), 1:40 | 30 Oct 2015 | Harrow Leisure Centre, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Stanislavs Makarenko | PTS | 4 | 12 Jun 2015 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Mitch Mitchell | KO | 2 (4), 0:15 | 9 May 2015 | The SSE Arena Wembley, London, England |
References
edit- ^ "BoxRec: Anthony Yarde". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Promotions, Queensberry (26 March 2015). "Light heavyweight Anthony Yarde signs with Frank Warren". WBN – World Boxing News.
- ^ "BoxRec: Anthony Yarde vs. Mitch Mitchell". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Leitch, Adam (22 May 2017). "Chris Hobbs puts in a brave display but is beaten by Anthony Yarde for the Southern Area light heavyweight title | Daily Echo". Daily Echo. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Anthont Yarde vs. Chris Hobbs". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Williamson, Chris (8 July 2017). "Anthony Yarde With Vicious First Round KO To Win WBO Belt". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Anthony Yarde vs. Ryan Ford on Saunders-Monroe card on Sept 16".
- ^ "Anthony Yarde vs. Norbert Nemesapati For WBO Regional Title". BoxingScene.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Gray, James (17 September 2017). "Anthony Yarde destroys Norbert Nemesapati to prove he is ready for British title shot | Boxing | Sport | Express.co.uk". Express. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Sergey Kovalev Survives Scare, Knocks Anthony Yarde Out in 11th". BoxingScene.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Sergey Kovalev stops Anthony Yarde to retain WBO world light-heavyweight title". 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Yarde vs Ramirez – News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Christ, Scott (12 September 2020). "Yarde vs Spelman results: Anthony Yarde shakes rust, stops Dec Spelman, Lyndon Arthur next". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Arthur vs Yarde – News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". box.live. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Ron (5 December 2020). "Lyndon Arthur Holds Off Anthony Yarde's Late Rally, Wins Split Decision". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Boxing News: Yarde crushes Theran in one » August 28, 2021". fightnews.com. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Barry, Coral (5 December 2021). "Anthony Yarde stops Lyndon Arthur with spectacular performance in fourth round of thrilling rematch". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Artur Beterbiev beats Anthony Yarde in bruising eight-round battle to defend light-heavyweight titles". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Brilliant Artur Beterbiev stops brave Anthony Yarde in thrilling title fight". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Anthony Yarde drops opponent with first punch but labours to uninspiring decision win". Talksport. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Anthony Yarde blasts Ralfs Vilcans down, but has to go the distance at Copper Box arena". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Anthony Yarde underwhelms on BOXXER debut in London". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Anthony Yarde Outpoints Ralfs Vilcans Over Ten Rounds; Michael McKinson, Shannon Courtenay Suffer Upset Defeats". The Ring. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Anthony Yarde from BoxRec (registration required)
- Anthony Yarde profile at Frank Warren Promotions
- Anthony Yarde – Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live